It is said: "There are three who bear witness in heaven, the father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost" (1 John 5:7). To those who ask, "Three what?" we answer, with Augustine (De Trin. vii, 4), "Three persons." Therefore there are but three persons in God.[1]

To Christians, God the Father is the Creator, the father of all and the provider for his children, his people. The expressions "God the Father" and "God our Father" appear frequently in the Gospels.